Industrial Technology

Kempston Controls becomes Midlands distributor for BÃ¼rkert valves

Electrical component distributor Kempston Controls has become Bürkert’s official distributor for the Midlands region. Based in Northamptonshire, Kempston Controls now supplies end users across the region with Bürkert’s range of process valves and flow control components. Main sectors of coverage include food and beverage as well as hygienic applications.

13th January 2022

RS Components and Schneider Electric unveil result of digital collaboration

RS Components has introduced an interactive digital motor control configurator, designed in partnership with industrial automation and energy management supplier Schneider Electric. The ‘Ask the Expert’ digital motor control configurator is an intuitive graphics-based product selection tool that helps automation engineers to configure motor control systems quickly and easily.

12th January 2022

European Covid disinfection robot honoured at Omron global contest to address social challenges

A team representing Omron Europe has been honoured for its ground-breaking automated UV disinfection robot at the company’s annual competition to address the most pressing social issues of today. Held annually, TOGA (The Omron Global Awards) aims to inspire Omron’s global workforce to look at their daily work from a social perspective and use their technical knowledge and the company’s best-in-class facilities to develop real-world purposeful and sustainable innovations for the benefit of society at large.

12th January 2022

Trifast invests to increase its European manufacturing capacity

International fastener specialist TR VIC spa, part of the Trifast plc group of companies, has further invested at its manufacturing site in central Italy, increasing its capacity to meet the growing European white goods market. The company says it has experienced unprecedented demand, which has been fuelled by an increase in consumer driven home improvements during Covid that shows no signs of abating.

12th January 2022

Maxon video explains motor's mechanical performance considerations

Analysing the contained within a typical product datasheet can be a challenging task for the design engineer. But it’s crucial information nonetheless, particularly when it comes to motors, with the typical datasheet giving comprehensive information about voltage, nominal speed, current, torque, dimensions, thermal data, ball bearings and much more. Understanding the datasheet can help you in choosing the right product for a given application.

11th January 2022

Inductive and fork sensors "keep the lid on" ketchup bottles

Some of the most compelling examples of automation are in food packaging, where the extensive use of high-speed automation means that equipment performance and reliability are valued because line stoppages are both costly and time-consuming.

11th January 2022

Robotic exoskeleton in development to assist stroke patients

A team from the Essex Innovation Centre, a strategic partnership between the University of Essex and TWI, is currently working with fellow consortium members Generic Robotics and Castalia Innovation on the NeuRestore project which seeks to aid patients that have suffered a stroke, or other ailment that resulted in loss of mobility, by improving their hand and arm movement recovery without the constant need for specialist physiotherapists.

7th January 2022

Vacuum conveyor transports coffee capsules

mk has helped a coffee capsule manufacturer find a way to achieve stable transportation of lightweight products. When coffee capsules are manufactured, they must be transported out of the filling system in such a way that they cannot tip. 16 capsules each in 2 rows are discharged by a multi-gripper on a linear axis with a cycle of 2.4 seconds.

7th January 2022

Ansys and Innoviz Technologies enable autonomous driving revolution

Innoviz Technologies is using Ansys simulation solutions to successfully drive the technology behind its automotive-grade LiDAR sensor and achieve autonomy for their customers, while reducing development time and costs. Ansys enables Innoviz Technologies to meet its customers’ objectives for durability, reliability, and affordability in a LiDAR design that is seamlessly integrable into Level 3-5 autonomous vehicles.

7th January 2022

Protecting premium food and beverage brand integrity

Counterfeiting in the luxury food and drinks industry has long been a multi-million pound industry. The pandemic added to these pressures, with high demand for premium products coupled with interrupted supply chains and fewer physical audits amplifying the risks of opportunists and illicit bootleggers taking advantage of the disruptions.

6th January 2022